Oriental cooking has always fascinated me. The preparation and cooking time requires hard work and dedication. While I was growing up, I was just content in watching our family cook whip up such mouth-watering dishes and then when I entered adolescence I began creating exotic and oriental dishes. As …

We know about the sambar the recipe for which I have given in my previous review. Now I am going to share the recipe of the rasam, which is just like sambar, but it is little different in taste and also in ingredients. This is also …

This recipe comes from a childhood girlfriend of mine’s mother who is a nutritionist. This recipe works well as a well balanced vegetarian meal that even meat eaters will enjoy. This is also a wonderful pot luck meal and tastes great cold. I like to bring …

Basundi is a traditional sweet dish, which we Indians prepare very often. The main ingredient of this recipe is milk. This is rich in calories and also in proteins. This is best sweet dish for the kids.
Ingredients: milk 2 litres, sugar 2 cups, saffron one …

I am a total chocolate FIEND and I love chocolate cream pie. I am also a diabetic. I have looked around a lot and I have only found one place that sells sugar free chocolate cream pie: Walmart. When I first saw the pie, I …

If you are looking for a light brunch food that will be filling, but not too heavy for a mid-morning/early afternoon meal, then you will want to try this recipe. A diversion from the traditional Chicken Fettucine Alfredo, this dish is more like something that you’ll want …

Small-Batch Baking is a collection of recipes for just enough baked goods to serve one or two people. All of the recipes I’ve tried so far have worked. Some of her recipes, such as the lemon curd, are less fuss than the full size versions I’ve tried of …

A new fun treat for the young and adult, is my Pearl Balls recipe. This is one of my own recipes I am very proud of, coz every time I serve on the table, could it be a simple family dinner, or special gatherings, I always get compliments from …

Kunda is a very popular sweet dish in south India. It is very popular because of its milky and yummy taste. It is available in all the sweet stalls. But guys it is also very simple and easy recipe to prepare it at home. I …

The next receipe I will present to you is less specific Romanian, but very often found on the Romanian feast dinner tables
of Easter and Christmas. Of course sponge cakes (’cozonac’ in Romanian) can be bought also from the store but using my recipe
described below that I tried and perfected …

I remember having fondue on special occasions when I was growing up in the seventies. I loved it because it was fun to dip all kinds of different food into the fondue. Apparently fondue was a passing fad with my family, because I only remember having it …

I am a big pasta fan and an even bigger seafood addict, so any dish which combines these two food groups is a real hit for me. I grew a bit bored of clam linguini, so I went online to look for a linguini recipe with other seafood, preferably …

Ingredients :
Mixed diced vegetable (carrot, beans, potatoes, peas etc.)- 4 cups
Onions - 5 cut into thin long slices
Tomatoes - 4 or 5
Salt
Oil - 2 tbsp
Grind together :
Grated coconut - 1 cup
Poppy seeds - 1 tbsp
Garlic - 10 flakes
Green chillies - 10
Ginger - 1/2 inch piece
Roasted gram - 1tbsp
cloves - …

If you like cheese than here is a cheesy recipe which you simply would love to savor.
Ingredients required
A cup of melted cheese
Few large size potatoes
A big size Radish
Two big size onions
4 tomatoes
Green chilly
Salt as per taste
First of all cut the potatoes and the radish into thin slices and wash …

Here is a great recipe for Chicken Fried Steak that is super easy.
You will need cube steaks, flour, egg, 2 packages of dry ranch mix and either evaporated milk or butter milk.
Mix a package of the dry ranch mix with an egg and a cup of the milk.
In a …

Having sweet potato casserole is a fantastic side dinner for your completed meal. It has the best ingredients and it is a perfect southern dish. You can also prepare this with yams instead but I like it better with the sweet potatoes. If yo do want to use yams …

Over the holidays, I spent a great deal of time searching out unique appetizers that I could serve for company during the seasonal dinners and parties. Loving seafood like I do, I especially looked for appetizers that used seafood or shellfish, and I managed to come up with several …

Peel the egg plants and slice them into circles. Put some salt on each one and wait for 30 minutes - this will make the juice come out and help to get rid of the bitterness. Drain the circles, roll them in flour and fry in vegetable oil. In …

I do not know why it took me so long, but I finally figured out to make my Beef Burgandy in the slow cooker. I had always done this on the stove top before. My husband loves my Beef Burgany recipe, he is actually the one that suggested I …

As a present from my mother, she got me a cookbook called Cooking for Kids. This cookbook is great for anyone who has children elementary age or younger. They have receipes for everything from snacks to meals. For every holiday they have different recipes for the …

Hearty soups have always been a comfort food in our home. On cold days and nights, nothing will warm you and fill you up like a good bowl of Minestrone Soup. I have seen several chefs and cooks made their very own version of this delicious soup, so getting …

Today I want to share a recipe with you, which I just love to eat, and this dish is very famous in Bengal. It is called “Aloo Posto”.”Aloo” means potato, and “Posto” means poppy seeds. And this dish is a fine combination of both potato and poppy seeds. And …

Pumpkin 500gm
Garlic Powder 2 teaspoon
Salt 1 teaspoon
Jeera Powder 1 teaspoon
Green Chillies 2 to 3
Sugar 1 teaspoon
Oil
Water
Method:
Clean Pumpkin with clean normal water
Peel it and slice it into small pieces
Add oil in a vessel and heat it up on medium flame
Fry Jeera Powder and Green Chillies on medium flame for 2 minutes
Add …

A dimsum stall is located in front of our office. I visit it whenever I crave for authentic Chinese dimsum. I love the Xiao Long Bao, Beef Balls, Hakaw, Spareribs and Chicken Feet. As I love cooking, I decided to recreate the Dimsum Style Chicken Feet that I love eating. …

The mix vegetable soup with cottage cheese is some thing little different soup then the normal mixed vegetable soup. This tastes even better then the normal one and it is also the healthy one for every one. Just try it and enjoy this tasty soup.
Ingredients: Ajinomoto …

Who does not like to have the soups? I like the soup made of any vegetable and I always have the soup during my dinner. Here is another kind of very interesting soup, which is very rare but is very tasty and healthy one, which is made …

I love entertaining friends at my home, but unfortunately, I’m usually on a budget, so I can’t always afford to cook a full meal for everyone. So lately, I’ve been inviting friends over for appetizers and drinks, because it’s more affordable for me, and it’s still a lot …

Take a large chunk of beef, the shoulder part used for pot roasts, and cut it into very thin slices. The best way to do it is to have the meat not fully thawed; when it is still a bit frozen, slicing is much easier. Preheat a frying pan …

This is a tasty, well known recipe with a slightly new twist. A good friend brought it to work over the holidays and shared this delicious dip with us. I took her recipe and tweaked it for my own family. So if you love spinach dip, but are really …

I was given a waffle maker and so I decided to try it out. I found this recipe on Martha Stewart’s website and it seemed simple so I thought I’d give it a whirl.
It was a lovely simple recipe, sometimes waffle recipes can be annoying as they have …

I have this receipe from about 13 years ago. I learned how to cook it for the first time from my mother in law, shortly after I met my wife. I needed a special cake for dessert at a certain festive dinner of my family and I recognize …

I found this recipe for Watergate Salad on the back of a bag of Kraft Jet-Puffed Miniature Marshmallows. I needed a dish for a potluck dinner I was attending, and initially I was planning on making a sweet potato casserole with the marshmallows. The recipe looked interesting, …

I like making hamburgers for dinner because it’s not a very time-consuming process, and my family enjoys eating them. Hamburger night is a fairly regular occasion in my household, so to prevent it from becoming too ordinary I like to experiment with different recipes. Recently I found …

Like I said before, starting 13 years ago I collected some recipes thinking to edit my own receipe book.
This is another recipe harvested from local folklore, specifically Romanian. As each recipe which I will
present here this recipe has been tried by me several times and each time I got …

Ingredients:
1. Moong Pulse – 250 gm
2. Sugar – 1 teaspoon
3. Red chilli – 1 to 2
4. Green chilli – 2 to 3
5. Garam Masala powder – 1 teaspoon
6. Salt – ? teaspoon
7. Jeera powder – 1 teaspoon
8. Ghee
9. Water
Method:
1. Fry Moong pulse plain without oil or ghee in a vessel on medium flame for 2 minutes and keep it …

There are different methods into making a nice and delicious scrambled eggs. Here is my version, and I think it rates around 8 or 9; really depending on my mood and the amount of eggs and cheese that I use. Also, water element is pretty important and lately …

All of want to have the mixed fruit salad, because it is very tasty and nutritious food. Did u know that it is very easy to prepare.
Ingredients:
Milk one cup, custard powder vanilla flavored 3 tea spoons, sugar 4 table spoons, fruits like banana, apple, pineapple, orange, black grape …

I make alot of candies and cookies for the holidays. When it comes to fudge I have tried several different recipes. I have made it from scratch, where you have to let it boil to a soft ball stage or check with a temperature guage to make sure it …

I am a big risotto fan, but am tired of my old recipes. I was searching specifically for risotto recipes, and found one that sounded unique and delicious, so I printed it off and tried it the next day. Like all risotto, there is a bit of work involved, …

I would like to provide the recipe for Bhel puri which is a famous North Indian chat food (or) fast food.It is quite simple to make Bhel puri because it involves no cooking or no boiling.
First of all,few cups of puffed rice should be taken in a bowl.Few coriander …

Kalakand is a very rich sweet dish, which is also treated as a very special sweet dish. This sweet dish is either prepared or bought from sweet stalls during the very special occasions. Milk is the main ingredient to prepare this sweet dish.
Ingredients: milk solids 1 cup, …

I am one of the few people in my family that loves stew more than almost anything. I find that stew, while usually time-consuming, is nutritious, delicious, and fills me up. I also love the fact that I can spend the time to make a stew, and then freeze …

Here is another recipe given which is not only tasty, at the same time very healthy and nutritious. It is best suitable for those who diet.
Ingredients:
Cucumber 2 big size, onion - chopped, tomato 2 medium chopped, corn flakes 2 cups, salt to taste, taste maker 1 spoon, lemon …

I’ve always wanted to learn how to make paella, because I love the flavors of chicken, shrimp and rice together. I’ve watched people make it on cooking shows, but the steps involved usually seemed too complicated and time-consuming. So until recently, I’ve only had paella in restaurants. …

I learned to make this particular simple dish, Egg Salad Mix before and it is really easy and yet convenient to make. Here I go. You will need around 3 eggs or more, depending on the number of servings that you want.
Boil 3 eggs and after boiling, peel …

The first time I had ever tasted a pina colada was when I was in college at this Caribbean club. It seems like every college city has a Caribbean club.
I think I paid around five dollars or more, and it came in a huge glass with an umbrella. The …

I am always on the lookout for recipes that you can bake in one casserole dish, because I like being able to make it up ahead of time and then bake it closer to dinner. I also like making a large amount so that I have plenty of leftovers …

This is a simple meal for a quick meal, a before or after meal and something you can also eat for lunch any day. It is another vegetable-filled enjoyable meal developed by my wonderful mother. She taught me and now I am going to enjoy teaching you. You should …